[mathcad] actively seeking a replacement for this awful software

Author: Stuartgjolliffe Posted: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:01:12 -0400

I would be interested to know your short list of alternatives
From: Mark Starnes
To: Mathcad Discussion List
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: [mathcad] Re: Mathcad 13 and MBR corruption?

I am experiencing a similar problem with MCad 12 - for almost a year it's
been fine then, two weeks ago the requests for re-verification started.
After two or three of these episodes with automatic fixing occurring, the
automatic fix refused to work saying I'd had too many automatic fixes (or
something like that). I contacted MathCad activation, explaining that I
could no longer work given MCad has stopped functioning. Several hours
later I got a reply stating they were passing my details to Adept
Scientific in the UK as they didn't handle UK requests.

I have been waiting for a reactivation code ever since (that was two days
ago). Actually I gave up, got a colleague to convert my files to 2001i
format and have been using 2001i ever since. Of course, the format of the
documents changed, causing more lost time.

I will never purchase another Mathsoft product and am actively seeking a
replacement for this awful software. I would recommend that anybody
considering performing work in it to research other options. There may
come a time when you cannot access all the work you've done for the last
year too.

Kind regards,

Mark Starnes.

G. Schouteten wrote:
I had a similar problem with MCAD 12, especially the requests for
re-verification. I was never able to determine a cause for it and finally I
re-installed 2001i, which I have been using ever since to my full
satisfaction. (I am running XP PRO on my system.)
Although I have purchased version 13, I will definitely not install it
(unless someone threatens physical violence) for fear of encountering the
same problems. Your experience obviously proves me right.

With best regards,

Guus Schouteten

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